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Solving the Vegetable Shortage in Corporate Disaster Preparedness | 7 Recommended Stockpile Vegetables
Disaster stockpiling of vegetables is a theme that tends to be overlooked in corporate disaster plans. Common emergency and preserved foods—alpha rice, hardtack, cup noodles, canned goods—lean toward carbohydrates and protein, tending to lack vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. This article covers 7 recommended stockpile vegetables... -
Nutrition and characteristics of kale for aojiru: how to choose and drink it
When it comes to green juice, kale comes to mind. This green vegetable belongs to the same mustard family as cabbage and broccoli, and is so nutritionally excellent it's called the "king of vegetables." In Japan the green juice market has matured, and kale has long maintained steady demand as its main ingredient. Raw... -
How to rehydrate dried vegetables | Tips for miso soup, salads, and stir-fries
What you'll learn in this article: the basic ways to rehydrate dried vegetables (water and hot water), rough rehydration times by vegetable, techniques by use (miso soup, salad, stir-fry), and tips for using them without losing nutrients. The basic way to rehydrate dried vegetables. What first-time users of dried vegetables puzzle over most is "how do I..." -
Types of dried vegetables | 4 drying methods and how to choose
What you'll learn in this article: the four drying methods for dried vegetables and their characteristics, a comparison of nutrition, cost, texture, and use, recommended drying methods by purpose, and points to check when buying. With dried vegetables, the "drying method" makes a big difference in quality. When you look for "dried vegetables" at the supermarket or online, similar-looking ... -
Nutritional comparison of dried and fresh vegetables: nutrients that remain and nutrients that are lost
What you'll learn in this article: Nutrients that remain in dried vegetables and nutrients that are easily lost; Components that tend to remain, by major vegetable; How the finish differs by drying method; How to make good use of dried vegetables. An honest answer to the question "Do dried vegetables have any nutrition?" The most common question about dried vegetables... -
10 dried-vegetable recipes | from miso soup to side dishes, solving vegetable shortage in a hurry
What you will learn in this article: 10 easy recipes using dried vegetables (5 to 15 minutes); recipes by category, including miso soup, soups, salads, stir-fries and simmered dishes; tips for using dried vegetables and how to avoid mistakes; ideas for working dried vegetables into a week of meals. Why dried vegetable recipes help with a lack of vegetables... -
How to Store Dried Vegetables and Their Shelf Life | Tips After Opening, Explained
What you'll learn in this article: a guide to the best-before date of dried vegetables and how it's set, the correct ways to store them unopened and after opening, how to spot signs of deterioration, and points on choosing storage containers and where to store them. How long is the best-before date of dried vegetables? The best-before date of dried vegetables varies by product and drying method, but... -
A complete corporate disaster-stockpile list | Required amounts per person and selection criteria
What you'll learn in this article: the stockpile amount required per employee based on Cabinet Office recommendations; selection criteria by item and how to calculate required quantities; the often-overlooked approach to "vegetable" stockpiling; a ready-to-use stockpile checklist; the basic rules of disaster stockpiling. The Cabinet Office (disaster management) guidelines, toward companies, coun... -
Do dried vegetables have no nutrition? A nutrition-data comparison that clears up the misunderstanding
What you'll learn in this article. Why people say "dried vegetables have no nutrition." The results of comparing nutritional value with fresh vegetables using data. How drying methods differ in nutrient retention. A rundown of nutrients that decrease easily and those that remain. How to eat dried vegetables without wasting their nutrition. "Do dried vegetables really have any nutrition?... -
5 ways to solve vegetable shortfall in older adults | Making use of dried vegetables
What you'll learn in this article. Three reasons older adults tend to fall short on vegetables. Cooking techniques that make vegetables easy to eat even with weaker chewing. Simple care-food recipes using dried vegetables. The vegetable intake needed per day and the reality for older adults. How to support the meals of a parent living apart. "Lately, Dad... -
How to Hold an In-House Tasting Event for Disaster-Stockpile Foods, Step by Step
What you'll learn in this article: why stockpile-food tasting events are effective as disaster drills; the concrete procedure and schedule from planning to execution; tricks for raising participation rates and tips for internal announcements; the mechanism of rolling stock and how to link it with tasting events; the cost-benefit... for persuading executives -
7 ways for vegetable-averse adults to overcome it without strain
What you'll learn in this article: common causes of adult vegetable dislike and "how taste works"; how to overcome vegetable dislike without strain using dried vegetables and vegetable powder; concrete tactics by disliked vegetable; ways to work it in and recipe examples you can keep up daily; the effect vegetable shortfall has on the body and a guide to improvement. "Children... -
Nutrition Management in a Disaster | Nutrients That Run Short in Shelter Life and How to Address Them
Meals in evacuation life: "anything you can eat is fine" is dangerous. When an earthquake, typhoon, or other disaster strikes, the first thing on your mind is securing your safety. Meals tend to get pushed aside. But as evacuation life stretches to three days, then a week, the quality of your meals starts to greatly affect your physical and mental health... -
An office stockpiling plan to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake | How to think about food stockpiling
What you'll learn in this article: the projected damage of a Nankai Trough earthquake and the need for office stockpiling; how to calculate stockpile amounts based on Cabinet Office guidelines; concrete items and quantities of food stockpiles assuming long-term evacuation; the mechanism and operational points of rolling stock; how to prepare to the maximum with limited budget and space... -
Preventing vegetable shortfall while dieting | Add dietary fiber with dried vegetables
What you will learn in this article: why vegetable shortages easily occur while dieting; how dietary fiber raises the success rate of dieting; calorie and nutrient data for dried vegetables; concrete ways to include dried vegetables in diet meals; effective ways to get dietary fiber to curb hunger. "I'm restricting my diet... -
5 reasons vegetables are necessary for strength training｜Protein alone is not enough
What you will learn in this article: the scientific reasons vegetables are essential for strength training; the nutrients protein alone cannot provide; the roles of vitamins and minerals that support training; vegetable intake techniques even busy trainees can keep up; concrete ways to include dried vegetables in a training diet. "Chicken breast... -
Dried vegetables for camping and hiking | lightweight, and they fix a vegetable shortfall
What you'll learn in this article. Why you fall short on vegetables outdoors and its effects on the body. Why dried vegetables are ideal for camping and hiking. The types of dried vegetables to bring and how to choose them. Easy recipes you can use in the field. Tips for packing and carrying them. When it comes to meals for camping and hiking—cup noodles,... -
Stockpile Food for Stranded Commuters | A Practical Guide Compliant with Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinances
Tokyo's Ordinance on Measures for Stranded Commuters—is your stockpile of emergency food fully prepared? If an earthquake directly beneath the capital occurs, up to about 5.17 million stranded commuters are projected within Tokyo. Tokyo, through its "Ordinance on Measures for Stranded Commuters," imposes on companies an effort obligation to stockpile three days' worth for employees... -
Solve the Vegetable Shortage of Living Alone with Dried Vegetables | A New, Effortless Habit
What you'll learn in this article. The real reasons living alone leads to vegetable deficiency. Why dried vegetables are a perfect match for living alone. Concrete recipes and ways to work them in. A cost comparison with fresh vegetables. How to choose and store dried vegetables. "I know I should eat vegetables, but it's just hard..." When you start living alone... -
5 Standing Dishes Made with Dried Vegetables | A New Stocking Habit with Zero Make-Ahead, Rehydrating Only What You Use
5 make-ahead dishes to make with dried vegetables | Zero batch-cooking, rehydrate only what you use — a new stocking habit. "Batch-cook on Sunday" — an ideal food life you often see on social media, right? But honestly, making several dishes ahead every weekend — doesn't it just not last? I've tried it many times myself... -
Dried Vegetables for Car-Camping and Van-Life Meals | A Mobile-Kitchen Trick for Getting Vegetables Without a Fridge
Dried vegetables for car-camping and van-life meals | A mobile-kitchen technique for getting vegetables even without a fridge. "Since I started car camping, I've clearly stopped eating vegetables" — anyone with van-life experience has surely felt this at least once. You end up relying on convenience-store food and cup noodles, and before you know it... -
A Vegetable Intake Guide for Expectant Mothers | How to Supplement Folate and Iron with Dried Vegetables
What you'll learn in this article. The vegetable intake needed per day during pregnancy and the nutrients you tend to fall short on. How to choose vegetables that efficiently supply folate and iron. Ways to keep using dried vegetables even through morning sickness. Recommended recipes and eating tips by pregnancy stage. Tips for quick cooking with dried vegetables. "Ever since I found out I was pregnant, meals... -
Aojiru vs. vegetable juice vs. dried vegetables, thoroughly compared | Which method truly works for beating vegetable deficiency?
Aojiru vs. vegetable juice vs. dried vegetables: which really helps with a lack of vegetables? You know you should eat more vegetables, but you just can't seem to do it. For people like that, the first thing they try is probably aojiru or vegetable juice. Go to a drugstore and the shelves are full... -
International Hotel & Restaurant Show
The International Hotel & Restaurant Show is a specialized business show for upscale lodging and dining businesses such as hotels, ryokan and fine dining restaurants. Guest room supplies and amenities, furniture and interiors, tableware, sanitation and cleaning products, in-house services... -
Food & Catering Show
The Food Catering Show is a business-oriented trade show gathering ingredients, equipment and materials for operations that cook and supply food in large quantities, such as school and institutional meals, bento, ready-made meals and delivery. Together with the International Hotel & Restaurant Show and the Kitchen Equipment Show, it is a component show of HCJ at Tokyo Big Sight... -
Kitchen Equipment Exhibition
The Kitchen Equipment Show is a business-oriented trade show specializing in equipment and operations for cooking sites, bringing together commercial kitchen and cooking equipment as well as dishwashing, hygiene and kitchen design. Together with HOTERES JAPAN and the Food Catering Show, it makes up "HCJ"... -
Supermarket Trade Show
The Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS) is a business-oriented trade show for the food distribution industry, attracting buyers from supermarkets across Japan as well as retailers, wholesalers, trading companies, ready-made meal and restaurant businesses. Buyers looking for suppliers of products to stock on their shelves and manufacturers who want to pitch their products... -
CAFERES JAPAN (trade show for cafes, bakeries and sweets shops)
CAFERES JAPAN is a specialist trade show that brings together the products, equipment and services needed to open and run food businesses such as cafes, coffee shops, bakeries, sweets shops and takeout operations. Beverages like coffee and tea, confectionery and baking ingredients, packaging containers and deli... -
FOOD STYLE Okinawa
FOOD STYLE JAPAN (Okinawa) is one of Okinawa's largest food business exhibitions, held at the Okinawa Convention Center for the three sectors of restaurants, ready-made meals and retail. Purchasing staff from restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, roadside stations and souvenir shops in the prefecture gather to negotiate directly with local growers and processors... -
FOODEX JAPAN
FOODEX JAPAN is one of Asia's largest food trade shows, bringing together food and beverage manufacturers and buyers from Japan and abroad. Visitors include not only overseas importers and restaurant chains but also buyers from domestic supermarkets and convenience stores and PB (private brand) developers... -
Food & Beverage OEM Expo
Food & Beverage OEM Expo is a business-oriented trade show specializing in PB (private brand) and OEM development of food and beverages. Many contract manufacturers exhibit, and developers from retailers, restaurants, wholesalers and manufacturers looking for new products for their own brands visit to find "companies that can make it" on the spot... -
FABEX 2026
FABEX is a specialized trade show focused on commercial food, ready-made meals and restaurants. Ready-made meal manufacturers handling prepared dishes, bento and cooked foods, product developers at restaurant chains, institutional meal and delivery businesses, and the wholesalers and manufacturers supplying ingredients gather to look for materials for their next menus and staple products... -
Premium Food Show
The Premium Food Show is a specialized trade show centered on food lifestyles such as vegan and plant-based, halal, gluten-free and organic. It is held in the East Halls of Tokyo Big Sight and is characterized by visitors with health-conscious and ethical interests... -
Dessert, Sweets & Bakery Show (Tokyo)
The Dessert, Sweets & Bakery Show (Tokyo) is a specialist trade show for the confectionery and baking industry, featuring ingredients, equipment, materials and services for Western and Japanese confectionery, bread, frozen desserts and desserts. As a specialist section of FABEX Tokyo, the comprehensive food show organized by Nihon Shokuryo Shimbun... -
Hobby Cooking Fair
Hobby Cooking Fair is a consumer food event where general visitors who love cooking and baking can try new ingredients, cooking tools and recipes. It is held at the same venue as the Japan Hobby Show, one of Japan's largest handmade events, and many of the visitors... -
NEXT TABLE Exhibition
NEXT TABLE - The Future Dining Table Show - is a comprehensive food event where food manufacturers, distributors and consumers meet in the same venue to think together about the future of the home dining table. Products on themes directly connected to everyday life, such as health, time-saving, easy cooking and ready-made meals, are on display, and visitors can try them on the spot... -
West Japan Food Industry Creation Show '27
The West Japan Food Industry Creation Exhibition is one of the largest comprehensive commercial food shows in western Japan, held at Marine Messe Fukuoka. Food manufacturers, wholesalers, trading companies and buyers from restaurants and ready-meal businesses in Kyushu and western Japan gather, and you can see everything from raw materials and ingredients to processing technology, packaging and kitchen equipment in one visit. This art... -
FABEX Chubu 2026
FABEX Chubu is a commercial trade show for the Chubu (Tokai) area specializing in the prepared food, deli, bento, ready-made meal and restaurant industries. Held at Portmesse Nagoya, it lets you see everything from ingredients, seasonings, kitchen equipment and packaging materials to tips on store labor-saving and menu development all at once... -
Dessert, Sweets & Bakery Show (Chubu)
The Chubu Dessert, Sweets & Bakery Show is a confectionery and baking trade show for the Tokai area covering Western confectionery, wagashi, bread, frozen desserts, and their ingredients and equipment. It is held concurrently with FABEX Chubu at Portmesse Nagoya. For those who find it hard to travel to trade shows in the Tokyo area... -
Kyushu Agriculture Week (J-AGRI KYUSHU)
Kyushu Agriculture WEEK (J-AGRI KYUSHU) is one of the largest comprehensive agriculture shows in western Japan, held at Grandmesse Kumamoto. It brings together products and services related to farm management, from smart farming equipment to materials, livestock, decarbonization and business support, and growers and growing-region staff from Kyushu as well as Shikoku and Chugoku... -
ifia JAPAN 2026
ifia JAPAN (International Food Ingredients & Additives Exhibition) is a specialized trade show focused on the raw materials, ingredients and additives that make up the contents of food. Because it is a place to buy and sell what creates flavor, color and texture rather than finished products, visitors are mainly product development, procurement and quality assurance staff at food manufacturers... -
Dried papaya
Papaya is a tropical fruit prized for its light sweetness and aroma, and drying concentrates the flavor and brings out its natural sweetness. Dried papaya carefully dries domestically grown produce at low temperature, locking in the flesh's fibrous texture and tropical aroma as-is. Confectionery, granola, drinks... -
Dried green papaya
Green papaya draws attention as a vegetable using the immature fruit, and because it contains a lot of the enzyme papain, its popularity as a health ingredient is rising. Dried green papaya carefully dries domestically grown fruit at low temperature, finishing it without losing flavor or nutritional components. Salads, stir-fries, soups, health... -
Dried mibuna
"Mibuna," a Kyoto heirloom vegetable also familiar in Kyoto pickles. Among them, mibuna cultivated in Hiyoshi Town—the designated production area for Kyo-mibuna—is a gem reputed to be aromatic, with a tangy heat like a herb. Drying softens the faintly bitter flavor, with the heat elevating the umami for a refined... -
Dried Shogoin daikon
"Shogoin daikon," a Kyoto heirloom vegetable born in the Shogoin area of Kyoto in the late Edo period. Its perfectly round, moisture-rich, soft flesh is resistant to falling apart when simmered and faintly sweet. Drying removes the moisture, producing a springy, bouncy texture and a refined richness and umami within the sweetness... -
Dried shiitake
Dried shiitake product overview. A commercial raw material carefully dried in three temperature stages, using shiitake grown at our partner farms in Kyoto Prefecture. Sliced thick, it combines a softer bite than typical dried shiitake with concentrated umami. Low in off-notes even when dried, once rehydrated it returns to fresh shiitake... -
Dried cabbage
Made with cabbage grown at our partner farms in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture. Cabbage grown in a land of temperature swings is strongly sweet with firm leaf quality. This is cut large and slowly low-temperature-dried. Rehydrated, it has a crispness like spring cabbage and a chewy... -
Dried mizuna
* Image 1 is mizuna, image 2 is Benihoshi mizuna. "Mizuna," a Japan-native vegetable long grown mainly in Kyoto. Agriture's commercial dried mizuna uses as its main raw material "Benihoshi mizuna" from the Phytorich series developed by a Kyoto seed maker, grown by partner farms in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture... -
Dried carrot
Made with tender, mild yellow carrots that shine in dishes. Faintly sweet even raw, this cultivar concentrates an even richer natural sweetness when dried, finishing with a richness you'd hardly think came from a vegetable. Sweetness spreads with each bite, so you can enjoy it like a dessert... -
Dried spinach
Dried spinach product overview. A commercial dried spinach using "Bentenmaru" from Takii Seed's Phytorich series, known for distinctive cultivar traits. It has little of spinach's characteristic harshness and aku, with strong sweetness. Raw material grown by partner farms in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, has its leaves...